Toy airplane



N 4, 1947- AFB. IIVIULL Q 2, 0 34 TOY AIRPLANE I Filed Nov. 17, 1944 Z Shee tS-Sh eet 2 Patented Nov. 4, 1947 UN l'lED STATES ENT OFFICE TOY AIRPLANE Application November 17, 1944, Serial No. 563,929

3 Claims. i

Thi invention relates to a toy airplane and more particularly to a light weight toy airplane adapted to be launched by a rubber band functioning as a catapult.

An object of this invention is to provide a toy airplane made from sheet material that may be folded and attached to a card both for shipment and display purposes.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy airplane having a vacuum cup wherein the vacuum cup is attached to the toy airplane in a novel manner. 7

Other objects and advantages reside in the construction of parts, the combination thereof and the mode of operation, as will become more apparent from the following description,

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy airplane shown in launching position.

Figure 2 shows a plan view of the blank used in forming the main body portion, the wing supporting portions, the rudder and the elevators of the toy airplane.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the blank used in reenforcing the nose of the airplane and for providin ballast.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank used to reenforce the elevators.

Figure 5 shows a display card incorporating a target, showing an airplane in dotted lines mounted on the display card for the purpose of shipment and for display.

In the drawings, the reference character In indicates a blank having a pair of side body portions I2, one on each side of a longitudinally extending score line it, about which the side portions are folded and cemented together.

The blank it includes a pair of wing-supporting portions or extensions l6, each provided with an arcuate slot [8 and a longitudinal slot 20 extending along the boundary or border line between the wing-supporting portions l6 and the side portions l2.

The body member I El also includes a pair of elevator portions 22 and rudder portions 24. Score lines or fold lines 26 form the boundary between the elevator portions 22 and the side portions l2.

In assembling the structure thus far described, the blank is folded upwardly on the score line I 4, so that the score line It extends along the bottom of the fuselage of the airplane. The two rudder portions 24 are cemented together, so as to project upwardly and extend in a plane formed 2 by the two side portions of the fuselage of the airplane.

A wing 30, consisting of a strip of sheet material, is inserted through the slot IS on one extension IS, the slots 20 and the slot l8 on the other Wing-supporting extension It, so asto be held in the position shown in Figure 1. The two elevator portions 22 are folded along the score line 25 at right angles to the sides of the fuselage and are held in this position by a suitable tab 32 cemented to the top, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

A blank 34, provided with a score line 36, a rectangular opening 38 and a pair of hook portions 40, is folded along the score line 36 and cemented to the sides of the fuselage, so as to reenforce the nose of the airplane and provide ballast. The rectangular opening becomes slots when member 34 is folded along the score line 36. The slots 38 register with like slots 42 in the forward ends of the side portions l2.

A suction cup 44, made from rubber or similar elastic material, is provided with a stem-like portion 46 that projects into the slots 38 and 42 and is held in position by staples 43, which hold the suction cup in proper position with respect to the fuselage, so that as the airplane lands, the suction cup may adhere to a smooth surface to suspend the airplane in the position in which it lands. Especially is this the case when the forward end of the airplane approaches a smooth surface in a direction substantially normal to the smooth surface.

As may best be seen by referring to Figure 5, a display card 50 may be provided with a target 52, an opening 5A simulating the shape of a vacuum cup, a slot 56 and a tongue 58, formed by a U-shaped slit.

Due to the fact that the parts of the toy airplane are made from sheet material, it may be readily seen that the Wings 39 may be easily bent into a plane parallel to the main body portion and likewise the elevators may be bent into the same plane. In this folded position, the airplane may have the rudder 24 projecting into the slot 56 and the vacuum cup 44 seated in the opening 54. A rubber band 69, extending around the vacuum cup 44, is mounted on the rear of the display card 50 and engages the tongue 58 to hold the forward end of the airplane against the display card.

Although the preferred embodiment of the device has been described, it will be understood that within the purview of this invention various changes may be made in the form, details, proportion and arrangement of parts, the combination thereof and mode of operation, which generally stated consist in a device capable of carrying out the objects set forth, as disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A toy airplane including sheet material sides cemented together, the sides having extensions forming wing supporting portions;- said wingsupporting portions being folded at right angles to the sides, each of said wing-supporting portions having an arcuate slot arranged in spaced relation from the sides, and a straight slot along? the fold line, the straight slots of the two extensions being contiguous toeach other, and a; wing member extending throughth'e' arouateslots and through the straight slots so that the pertions of the extensions beyond? the-arcuate' slots lie on one side of the wing member, the portions of the extensions lying between the arcuate slots and the straight slots lying on the other side of the wing member.

2. A toy airplaneincluding sheet materiaR sid'es cemented together, the side's having extensions forming wing-supporting portions; s'a'id' wing supporting portions being folded at right angles to=the sides, eaoh of said wing 'supportihg p'o'rtions having" an arcuate slot arranged in spaced relation from the sidesanda straight slot along the fold line, the straight slots of the twoextensions being' contiguous to each other, a-wing membereiitending through the arcuate slots-and through the straight slots so that the portions of the extensions beyond the arouate slots lie oncnesideoftne wing membentne ortions-cf the extensions lying between the a'rcuate' slots and the straight slots lying on theot'her'sideof the wing member, additional extensions forming elevators, the forward end of the sides being notched, notched reenforceme'nt means for the forward ends of the sides, and a. vacuum cup having a stem-like extension seated in the notch and held therein so as to hold the airplane in the position in which it lands when the vacuum cup engages a smooth surface perpendicular to the direction of flight of the airplane.

3. A toy airplane including sheet. material sides cemented together, the sides having extensions forming Wing-supporting portions, said wingsupporting portions being folded at right angles to the sides, each of said wing-supporting portions having an arcuate slot arranged in spaced relation from the sides, and a straight slot along the fold line; the straight slots of the two ex- 1 tensions tang contiguous to each other, a wing member extending through the arcuate slots and through the straight slots so that the portions of the extensions beyond the arcuate slots lie on one side of the wing member, the portions of the extensions lying between the arcuate slots and thest ra'ig'ht slots lying on the othe'r s'ideofthe wingmember; additional extensions forming el'e vator's,-the-forward end ofthesides being notched; notched reenforcement means for the" forward ends of the sides; a vacuum cup having astemlik'eextensionseated the notch, and staples for stapling the stem=like extension of the vacuum cup to the forward end of the airplane so" as-t'oholdthe vacuum cup-in position:

REFERENCES CITED? I'he foll bwing" references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED- STA BES' PATENTS Number Name Date 23433710 Russell Mar: T; 1944 2,119,524 Chai' June 7, I938 

